PSC SCANDAL

Kawalsingh said he had no issue with the need for an investigation to assist the Commission to choose the best candidate. “Having said this, it is important to remind ourselves that as of the morning of 12 August 2021, the (Merit) list (for candidates for Commissioner of Police) was completed and was to be delivered to Her Excellence.”

In the August letter to Seepersad and Commission members appeared to implicate Her Excellency the President, Kawalsingh asked why wasn’t the Merit List which was prepared and should have been submitted to her Excellency, the President on August 12, not submitted. “It seems to me when that question is asked there can only be one correct answer. That answer is that upon visiting Her Excellency there was an occurrence and information obtained which excited the suspicion of the Chair and caused her such discomfort that it was not possible to deliver the list. The answer of course leads to other questions such as ‘from whom did this information come and what was the information’,” Kawalsingh said.

Said Kawalsingh: “As I have said before, this meeting has compromised both the office of the person who shared the information and that of the Chair. I say this because the complaints issue ought to have been properly made in writing.

“Based on the nature of the information, from whom and how the information came, there will be a perception of interference.” “This is compounded by the fact that there is nothing [in] writing by the informant and by the fact that notwithstanding the decision of Friday 27th August to send a letter to the informant (who was not identified by Kawalsingh), seeking a written complaint, no letter was sent.

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